Erysiphe penicillata

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Erysiphe penicillata
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Erysiphales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Erysiphe
Species:
E. penicillata
Binomial name
Erysiphe penicillata
(Wallr.) Fr., 1829 [1]
Synonyms
  • Alphitomorpha penicillataWallr., 1819
  • Microsphaera penicillata(Schltdl.) Cooke, 1865

Erysiphe penicillata is a plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew on alder.

Spores of the anamorph of Erysiphe penicillata Oidium (Microsphaera) spores 160X.png
Spores of the anamorph of Erysiphe penicillata

It has also been reported to have affected certain species of Corylus including Corylus sieboldiana, Corylus colurna and Corylus heterophylla [2] , although this is doubtful following Bradshaw et al. (2021).

References

  1. ↑ "Erysiphe penicillata (Wallr.) Fr". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. ↑ Perley Spaulding Foreign Diseases of Forest Trees of the World: An Annotated List (August 1961) , p. 303, at Google Books
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